Not Allowed Friday Prayers for Third Week: Mirwaiz Umar Farooq

Not allowed Friday prayers for third week: Mirwaiz Umar Farooq

The Mirwaiz’s latest round of alleged house detention came after he dropped the Hurriyat chairman title from his bio on X and accused the authorities of pressuring him for the same

Mirwaiz barred for third straight Friday from leading prayers

For the third consecutive Friday, Kashmir’s chief cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq — who also heads the Hurriyat Conference — was allegedly barred from leading congregational prayers at the historic Jamia Masjid in Srinagar’s old city. Mirwaiz had announced special prayers at the Jamia Masjid to seek rain and snowfall amid an unusually dry winter in the Valley. However, for the third straight Friday, authorities did not permit him to proceed to the mo…